Crude-oil burner.



G. A. JAPHET. CRUDE OIL BURNER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1909.

Patented may 1910.

CRUDEOIL BURNER.

Tooll whom 'it concern:

' Be it .known that 1, CHARLES A. J Ariana, a.

citizen of the United States, residing at Moran,-in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Crude-Oil Burner, of which the following is a specification.

: The'1nvent1on relates to improvements in "crude oil burners. o

The object of the present invention is'to .improve the construction of crude oil burnem, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensiveburner of this character, designed for use in cooking stoves, heaters, furnaces, and the like where a hot steady fire is desired, and capable of successfully ...burning crude oil, and of generating steam therefor with perfect safety.-

f Another object ofIthe invention is to pro- :videa' crude oil burner of this character,

which will not be liable to become clogged and from which any accumulation may be readily blown by steam.

lVith these and other the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts'hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompany ng drawing, and pointed out in the claim here- ,to appended; it being understood that vari ous changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to without departin from the spirit or sacrificing any of the a vantages of'the invention.

'In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of a portion of a stove provided with a crude oil burner, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the crude oil burner. Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail sectional view, taken longitudinally of the mixer. Fig. 4 is a detail view, taken transversely of the mixer.

YLike numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

The crude oil burner comprises in its construction a shallow pan 1, designed to extend through an opening 2, preferably the door openin of a stove 3, and provided at one end wit an enlarged vertical wall or plate 4, arran ed to cover or .close the\i oor opening 2 of t e stove, as clearly illustrated in Fi 1 of the drawing. The shallow pan and, t e end wall or plate 4 preferably'con- .sislt of'a single casting, and the pan, which Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. September 11, 1909; Serial 1v .}517 ,21'2I objects in .view,

bore or portion S'of sage of the mlXQ1'.-';A fiuel supp Batei t ed llle extends along the fire l'box," provided its? inner end -with a depending flange :5:- forming. a supporting leg lantli:adapteclotoorest upon the grate 6 ofthe st'ove orl other (suitable support. -The vertical end plate oiwwall 4, which extends downwarditoytheZplane. of

the loweredge of the fiangetor l egzfigiisiprd vided with a central;,discharge:opening; 7,

flared at the inner faceof thejlsaid plateror wall, as clearly illustrated inpFig;3exotithe drawing, and arranged in."alinementiawithf a bore .8 of a mixer 9, extending;outwardly from the outer faceofith'e; wall orflplate': 4, preferably at the center thereof and; formed integral with the sameglheeutea portion of the mixer 9 is counte boreclitooreeive ar; ,needlevalve 10 and toipro deraii'allveseatzll with which the needle .lvecooperiatesito control the admission of steam; amid the Esub-i sequent discharge of vapor 'into itlie:= sfiovee The mixer is provide point slightly in rear of;' the valve seat. with a steam inlet openingiliz, andri hi1 inlet opening 13,.locatetl gadg'acent. ner end of the mixenandgextendi wardly fronrithe top offal :y pip 1:14 for conveying the crude- Qll'ggbll ercliquid hydro-carbon to the lourn o withthe mixer at the opening Qnfp ss o. side; at

lrnetted age. :13: a

and it is provided withaj'sui-table Ifvalwe 15 for controlling the floiv' ofrfiuel through the supply pipe 14. a-Thefuelsuppl J may be connected with anje'lefvate or any other suitable ;-sourfce ,of;

T oil pp g intethomgerefromethe top thereof is blown through the discharge opening 7 of the plate or wall into the stove in a fine vapor, commingling thoroughly with the steam and producing a gas or. vapor, which is adapted to burn over the shallow pan 'in a manner similar to ordinary illuminating gas, and it produces a hot flame, which may be easily controlled by varying the admission of oil and steam. As the burner is locatedclose to the top ofthe stove the full heat is utilized. The pan is adapted to collect any residue and. there is ipply:-

no liability of the oil getting either to the bottom of the stove or outside of the same. The burner is equipped with a steam generator consisting of an inlet pipe 16, an.

outlet pipe 17 and an inclined transvers pipe 16. The inlet pipe 16 is connected with a sultablewater supply pipe 19, which may be connected with an elevated tank or with v the city water supply, or any other suitable source of supply. The flow of water into the steam generator is controlled by the valve 20, which may be of any preferred construction. The inlet pipe 16, which extends along one side of the burner, is of greater diameter than the outlet pipe 17 which extends along the opposite side of the burner preferably in parallelism with the inlet pipe 16, and the inclined connecting portion 18 is of less diameter than the inlet side 16 and of greater diameter than the outlet side 17. The pipes composing the steam generator are supported by the front plate or wall and are connected by reducing couplings 21 and 22. The water supply pipe pierces the plate or wall at one side of the burner, and the steam outlet pipe pierces the plate or wall at the opposite side, and is provided exteriorly of the said plate or wall with an inclinedbranch or portion 23, ex-

tending downwardly and inwardly to the mixer and having its lower terminal 24 communicating with the interior of the said mixer through the steam inlet opening 12, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

In starting the burner.v a quantity of oil is run into the pan and a small bit of oilsoaked waste is placed in the pan under the side pipe 16, and a light appliedwto the said waste, which is allowed to burn until the pipe of the steam generator becomes hot. Water is then admitted into the steam generator and is converted into steam by the same, and blows out through the mixer, the discharge being controlled by the needle valve. Oil is also admitted to the mixer and is blown by the steam into the stove and burns over the shallow pan. As the oil drops into the mixer close to the discharge aperture and the steam enters immediately in rear'of the oil, the latter is blown through the discharge opening without clogging the same, and crude oil may in this manner be burned with very little smoke.

Should there be any accumulation in the mixer, it may be blown out by the steam, and should itbecome necessary after continued use to remove any scale or other accumulation, the needle valve may be de tached, which will permit a wire or instrument to be inserted in the longitudinal passage of the mixer. As the passage is straight there is no difiiculty in cleaning the burner.

The burner is perfectly safe and there is no danger of any explosion through the generation of steam, as one end of the generator is always open, such opening being controlled by the needle valve.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 2- In combination with a stove having a grate and provided with an opening, an oil burner attachment comprising a shallow rectangular pan extending into the stove through the opening in the same and provided at its front end with an enlarged front wall extending beyond the bottom and side walls of the' pan and forming a closure flange and completely closing the opening of the stove to confine the flame entirely within the-same, said pan being also pro-.

vided at its inner end with a depending leg arranged to rest upon the grate of the stove for supporting the pan in a horizontal position, a burner supported by the enlarged front wall, and piping constituting a steam generator and arranged above the plane of the pan and extending around the same and being substantially co-extensive with the area thereof.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A.JAPHET.

Witnesses:

M. A. YOUNG, W. F. YOUNG. 

